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'A third of you will die by ^(C1)plague or perish by famine among you, a third will fall by the sword around you, and a third I will ^(C2)scatter to every wind, and I will ^(C3)unsheathe a sword behind them.

'Then My anger will be spent and I will satisfy My wrath on them, and I will be ^(C1)appeased; then they will know that I, the LORD, have ^(C2)spoken in My zeal, when I have spent My wrath upon them.

'Moreover, I will make you a site of ruins and a ^(C1)disgrace among the nations that surround you, in the sight of everyone who passes by.

'So ^(F1)it will be a disgrace, an object of abuse, a ^(C1)warning, and an object of horror to the nations that surround you when I ^(C2)execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and raging reprimands. I, the LORD, have spoken.

'When I send against them the ^(F1)deadly arrows of famine which ^(F2)were for the destruction of those whom I will send to destroy you, then I will also intensify the famine upon you and break off your ^(F3)provision of bread.

'^(C1)I will send on you famine and vicious animals, and they will bereave you of children; ^(C2)plague and bloodshed also will pass through you, and I will bring the sword on you. I, the LORD, have spoken.'"